Sailor · 2013–2025

Melinda Popham

gibson island J/105 IRC handicap Some links uncertain

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Events: 3
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 30%

Signature result: 49th of 76

Partnerships · 19 sailors

Eric Keitz · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 21st · Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
Alan Whitehurst · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 21st · Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
Jessica Whitehurst · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 21st · Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
Kristen Berry · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 21st · Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
Paul Rayner · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013
Michael Churchill · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013
L Coulsen · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013
M Moore · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013
J Stevens · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013
M Hollis · CV10 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 49th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2013

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 Apr 2025	2025 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 1	Sterling	J/105	Other	23rd / 27
24 Apr 2024	2024 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 1	Sterling	J/105	Other	21st / 28
26 Dec 2013	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2013	CV10	IRC handicap	Crew	49th / 76

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 6 races, 3 events · rating -63
J/105 · Crew · 5 races, 2 events · rating -74

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 26%

How they race

Closer	+21 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	26%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	15%
2024	1	26%
2013	1	36%

Boats

Sterling · J/105 · 2 events · 2024–2025
CV10 · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Annapolis, MD, USA · 2 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -63. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.